Video shows arrest of Cape father accused of lewd act

ABC7 spoke with the aunt of a Cape Coral father who authorities said inappropriately touched the babysitter he hired. We also obtained video of the US Marshals raiding the man's home on Thursday.

Thursday, October 27th 2016, 5:40 PM EDT

Updated:

Friday, October 28th 2016, 6:56 PM EDT

ABC7 spoke with the aunt of a Cape Coral father who authorities said inappropriately touched the babysitter he hired. We also obtained exclusive video of the US Marshals raiding the man's home on Thursday.

Cape Coral Police said it all happened in Enrique Lara’s car while he was driving the 15-year-old babysitter home in southeast Cape. According to authorities, Lara stopped at a bank on Del Prado Boulevard and began to touch the girl before finally taking her home. The teen told him several times to stop.

Lara's aunt told ABC7 on Friday that she and her husband were out with Lara and his wife the night of the alleged groping in August. She said Lara was not intoxicated and is not the kind of person to have done this. She said she believes it's possible the claims are being made with ulterior motives, possibly for money.

ABC7 obtained exclusive video Friday that showed the US Marshals raising Lara's home. They served a warrant for his arrest, knocking on his door and eventually going inside. Marshals discovered Lara was not home minutes before receiving a call he was actually at Cape police headquarters, where he was eventually arrested.

The 36-year-old father’s neighbors painted a picture of Lara as loving and caring to his young sons. They had nothing negative to say about the certified nursing assistant, but they believe if the allegations are true, he should lose his CNA license.

“There’s just no reason to even be thinking inappropriately for a 15-year-old,” said Nicole Gonzalez. “I have a four-year-old and a 13-year-old daughter, I would castrate him.”